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[[underline]] Cooper-Hewitt Advisory Council Appointments [[/underline]]

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Donald Bruckmann and reappoints Joanne dePont, Harmon Goldstone, August Heckscher, Karen Johnson Boyd, Russell Lynes, Kenneth Miller, Arthur Ross, Robert Sarnoff, and Marietta Tree to three-year terms on the Advisory Council of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, effective May 1987 through May 1990.

[[underline]] National Museum of African Art Commission Reappointments [[/underline]]

VOTED that in accordance with Public Law 95-414 the Board of Regents reappoints to the Commission of the National Museum of African Art, effective January 1, 1987, John A. Friede, Colbert I. King, Frieda Rosenthal, Gustave Schindler, and Michael Sonnenreich for terms expiring December 31, 1989.

[[underline]] General Discussion Regarding Commission and Board Memberships [[/underline]]

After the Regents had concluded their actions with respect to the proposed appointments to Smithsonian boards and commissions, a question was raised as to whether enough attention is being paid to rotating memberships so that minority representation on these boards and commissions would be encouraged. Mr. Adams acknowledged the need to pursue this strategy more vigorously.

[[underline]] Plans for Quadrangle Openings and Status of Exhibitions [[/underline]]

In July 1987, approximately 50,000 invitations will be sent to individuals throughout the world inviting them to at least one of a series of dinners, luncheons, receptions, open houses, lectures, symposia, and other special events during the period beginning with a press preview on September 10 until the President opens the complex on September 28. The various bureaus within the Quadrangle will hold preview receptions and dinners sequentially and a series of receptions for special constituencies will be held between September 20 and 26. This series of "openings' will culminate in the Regents' formal reception on September 27 and a ribbon cutting and public opening on September 28.

The National Museum of African Art has planned five major exhibitions -- "African Art in the Cycle of Life," "Patterns of Life: West African Strip-Weaving Traditions," "Royal Benin Art in the Collection of the National Museum of African Art," "The Permanent Collection of the National Museum of African Art," and "Objects of Use." The opening exhibitions at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery will draw exclusively upon the collections of the Gallery and will include "Monsters, Myths and Minerals," "Pavilions and Immortal Mountains: Chinese Decorative Art and Painting," "In Praise of Ancestors: Ritual Objects from China," "Nomads and Nobility: Art from the Ancient Near East," and three small displays featuring Persian and Indian paintings, temple sculptures from South and Southeast Asia, and Chinese Buddhist and Daoist imagery. Jointly